Egyptians celebrate after the swearing-in ceremony of president elect Abdel Fattah al-Sissi in Tahrir square in Cairo, June 8, 2014. Sisi promised to rule in an inclusive manner after he was sworn in as president on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

It was not clear whether the men arrested took part in the assault shown on the video.

"The Egyptian embassy in Washington, D.C. and a number of Egyptian authorities, at the direction of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, have requested the YouTube administration to remove the video of the sexual assault victim," the president's spokesman said.

"This came in response to her wish, which she expressed during the president's visit to her yesterday at the hospital to check on her condition," he added in an emailed statement late on Thursday.

Sexual harassment, high rates of female genital mutilation and a surge in violence after the Arab Spring uprisings have made Egypt the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman, a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey showed late last year.